oil

July 28th, 2008 by alephnaught

We are subsidizing the increased price of oil

This one should be obvious – governments subsidize the price of goods or add tariffs to imports as a way to stimulate the local economy. The problem is, you can’t just turn it off; when you do, people feel real pain as jobs are lost, capacity is lost, and the general economy depresses. After reading […]

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June 10th, 2006 by alephnaught

Oil: A Concise Guide to the Most Important Product on Earth

Title: Oil: A Concise Guide to the Most Important Product on Earth Author: Matthew Yeomans Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: New Press (January 5, 2006) ISBN: 159558028X On my last trip to visit family in Detroit, Aviva and I stopped at the Bookbeat , a very interesting independent bookstore in Southfield, MI. They specialize in art, […]

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